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Texas Republican Congressman Mike McCaul has enough money to burn a wet elephant.  His wife is the daughter of the founder of Clear Channel Communications and bought Mike a congressional seat because Mike was pretty much too stoopid to do anything else.

Juanita is giggling this morning because McCaul has taken a big ole swig of hypocrisy juice.

Rep. Michael McCaul, one of the richest Members of Congress, appears to have failed to fully disclose dozens of stock transactions worth millions of dollars on his annual financial disclosure reports for 2008 and 2009.

McCaul is the ranking member overseeing the ethics trial of Rep. Charlie Rangel, which is set to begin this month on charges that, among other things, the New York Democrat failed to report or misreported numerous assets or income on his financial disclosure forms between 1998 and 2008.

“I have learned a long time ago that when Republicans holler about something that Democrats are doing, it’s because they themselves are doing exactly the same thing, only bigger and worse.  I think I said that just a minute ago about Newt and mirrors and whatnot,” she grins.

McCaul’s explanation for the omission is worthy of a candidate for Fiddler General of Hotsy County.

“Our PFDs were submitted to and approved by the Ethics Committee. Millan & Company made clerical errors and has taken full responsibility for them. It is common for members of Congress to amend their Personal Financial Disclosures and we look forward to correcting these clerical errors immediately,” McCaul said.

“Okay, Mike,” Juanita begins, “the Ethics Committe’s ‘approval’ mean they got them and time stamped them.  Whoop-tee-do.  And, Sweetie, the company you pay to lie for you takes responsibility because that’s what they are stinkin’ paid to do.  Honey, that whole paragraph is the Blue Plate of Duh Tuesday Special.”

But here’s the part Juanita likes best —

The Texas lawmaker, who will rank sixth on Roll Call’s upcoming annual survey of the richest Members of Congress with a minimum net worth of $73.75 million, has seen his fortunes sextuple since he filed his first financial disclosure report, which was for the 2004 calendar year.

“Boy howdy!  That there is a some money makin’.  Heck, Hon, even Cindy Lou, our local pavement princess, can’t sextuple her net worth that quick.  You gotta have some loaded dice to do that.”

McCaul’s opponent is Ted Ankrum, a disabled veteran and a good man.